This article is written for Bloggers Unite day to spread awareness on human rights.
Every day we hear about the suffering of people in places like Myanmar and Darfur. Almost all the time the issue of human rights come up. If human rights are so elementary, so basic, then why haven’t we straightened it out after all these years?
To understand that, we must look at the most elementary place in all of our lives.
School.
For twelve years of our lives, (and often times more than that) we sit in classrooms and listen to instructors. Debates fuel over our rights in school, the rights of the instructors, and the rights of what gets shown in classroom- basically, everything. Each side argues relentlessly on every issue, from cafeteria foods up to school calendars.
In a sense, school is like a nation. There are politics, (the student councils and class presidents, principals, teachers) there is drama, arguments, and many other similarities to a country. This environment shapes people, shapes leaders, shapes the future. What people come to learn here, they often carry the behavior and lessons they’ve learned for the rest of their lives.
What I’m getting to here is what may be the root of human right problems. What if the problems that brew in school begin the conflicts that plague our world? The cliques, the name calling, everything that may fuel problems of today could begin in school. A corrupt childhood makes a corrupt leader, right
Whether or not elementary school and childhood in general is or is not the cause of everything that happens, every living being on the planet deserves rights. It’s just the interpretation of the rights that we should have that is the problem.
Because everyone deserves the most elementary, basic, rights
-Rika
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Wow you have a good article here, Rika. It kind of reminds of this quote I read: “First let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man and yet be bound tighter than a slave. Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don’t follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason but comment not”
Thanks! And great quote. Who said it?
Umm…if I told you it would take away from the meaning, but lets just say Jala would be proud, and i fyou really want to know i’ll tell some time in the far away future
I said it. Mwahahahaha!! AND, what does THIS have to do with the future? It’s a current issue that will most likely be resolved by a brilliant child prodigy who wants to ensure the world gets a fair share of awesome. Namely, me.
Well, the present is directly related to the future, but it was Bloggers Unite for Human Rights day on blog catalog so technically it has a purpose. (Unlike someone else’s articles I know…
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Human rights is a good topic many peoples rights are violated and it’s a huge issue an probably be either a problem in the future or a topic on whether or not we truly did resolve the problem or just kind of buried it in the sand and will eventually come up again later in the future. Good article Rika.
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